Development and initial experiments of an intelligent Dual-Arm mobile robot - Baymax-I

Abstract

This paper addresses the design and control of an intelligent dual-arm mobile robot named Baymax-I. The mechanism design of Baymax-I is based on modular concepts, which is mainly composed of three parts, including main body, dual-arms and a mobile chassis. The main body is designed as human-like structure, carrying multiple sensors. UR3 manipulators are adopted as two arms. Each manipulator has six degrees of freedom. A two-finger grip pawl is mounted on the end of each manipulator. A MIR mobile chassis drives the Baymax-I motion with high maneuverability. As for software systems, the robot is designed based on hierarchical structure. The bottom driving layer is used to perform specific movements. The middle layer is responsible for processing sensor data. The top layer is algorithm execution layer. In the end, three experiments including SLAM, pressing the elevator and opening the fridge are presented to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed system design and control methods of the Baymax-I robot.